Diamond Hogs offering experience packages for exhibition games with OSU on Oct. 12-13

BY DUDLEY E. DAWSON

FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas will close out its fall baseball season with a pair of exhibition games against Big 12 opponent and 2024 NCAA Tournament participant Oklahoma State on Oct. 11-12 at Baum-Walker Stadium.

First pitch in game one of the fall exhibition series between the Hogs and Cowboys is set for 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, while game two will begin at noon Saturday, Oct. 12. Admission and parking for both exhibition games are free to the public.

Concessions will be available at Baum-Walker Stadium. No outside food and drinks are allowed except in the Hog Pen. Non-food items must be in a clear bag. Coolers are allowed in the Hog Pen but not permitted in the main seating bowl.

“We’ll throw 7 or 8 pitchers that (Friday) night, maybe a couple of freshmen that are really talented, some of our returnees and maybe a couple of our transfers that we got in that we are planning on being a big part of our staff,” Arkansas head coach Dave Van Horn.

“The next day on Saturday, we are going to turn around and start around noon ..and we may play 10 or 11 or 12 innings and get in all the pitchers that we want to throw.

“We’ll keep score and we will play it to win and see how it goes.”

Macke’s Bases Loaded Landing, which is located beyond the right field foul pole and connected to the J.B. & Johnelle Hunt Family Baseball Development Center, will not be open to the public.

Arkansas Edge is selling experience packages during the fall exhibition series with the Cowboys, including the opportunity for fans to watch Arkansas batting practice from the dugout, tour the Hunt Family Baseball Development Center with legendary former Razorback head coach Norm DeBriyn and receive an autographed baseball from three-time SEC Coach of the Year Dave Van Horn.

For more info and to purchase an experience, visit ArkansasEdgeNIL.com.

Arkansas will host its annual Fall Claasic on Friday night at 6 p.m.

The Hogs finished the 2024 campaign with a 44-16 overall record, including a 20-10 mark in SEC play, clinching their fifth 20-win SEC season in school history and securing their fifth SEC Western Division title in the last six seasons.

Arkansas, the winningest program in the nation since the start of the 2017 campaign with 333 total victories, is one of only two schools in the country, along with Southern Miss, to win 40-plus games in each of the last seven full seasons.

Photo by John D. James